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DESPITE much hype on the Facebook event, the protest against the closure of the Old College Library only managed to attract around 20 people, at its height, despite having 76 confirmed attendees on the group. InRead More

Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC) the Welsh Education Union, held a strike on Wednesday 5th October outside their office on Penglais Hill in Aberystwyth (as well as across Wales), to show their discontent at government plansRead More

A flat on Aberystwyth’s seafront has suffered some minor smoke damage in a fire this evening. The fire started on the ground floor of the property, which is next to the Celtic Bay Hotel. All theRead More

Approximately at 11.50pm on Monday night, 9 men were rescued by the fire department from an apparently overloaded lift in The Cambria building, Aberystwyth. The lift, designed for 8 people and a maximum of 680kg, hadRead More

Aberystwyth University has made an effort to highlight the availability of an increased bursary next year for non-UK students, in order to encourage them to defer entry until 2012, as it faces a substantial increase in demand forRead More

ARRIVA announce 350% increase in price of bus card, MWT offer rival card for a third of the price Arriva Buses Wales caused outrage amongst Aber students earlier this month by announcing a price hike forRead More

THE UNIVERSITY Accommodation Office, struggling with what it calls “a significant increase in student applications” coupled with “higher than average A level passes”, has announced that it will resort to bunkrooms in much of its accommodation. “TheRead More

AN ABERYSTWYTH student has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to burglary during the riots last week in Manchester. Conrad McGrath, 21, of Stockport, studies English Literature and Creative Writing. He was caught lootingRead More

In recent weeks and months, a relatively unused legal implement has been making headlines for protecting the private lives of the rich and famous from media intrusion. The Super injunction as its known, allows anyone withRead More

20-year old philosophy student Alfie Meadows and 11 others have been charged with violent disorder for their actions during last December’s tuition fees protest in London. Middlesex University student Meadows needed brain surgery after he wasRead More

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